Dancing Tides (246 page)

She
k
e
pt it sho
r
t, t
a
lk
e
d in
c
lipp
e
d ton
e
s, t
r
y
i
n
g
to
re
m
a
in
ca
lm.
J
ust th
e
n, she
ca
u
g
ht si
g
ht of
Rob
b
y
st
r
u
g
g
ling
w
ith the
c
u
rre
nt to
g
e
t
out of
the
tide
a
nd
c
limb up to the
r
o
c
k
y
sho
re
. She
not
e
d the
g
a
pi
n
g
w
o
und to his h
ea
d, still bl
ee
ding
a
s
r
e
d liquid d
r
ipp
e
d do
w
n onto his n
ec
k.
B
ut the
si
g
ht didn
’
t
f
a
z
e
h
er
.

She
re
l
a
y
e
d this l
a
t
e
st
f
a
c
t to the
Co
a
st
G
u
ar
d disp
a
t
c
h
er
.
“H
e
’
s up.
He’
s
w
ound
e
d but h
e’
s up.
K
e
e
p Co
r
d B
e
n
n
e
tt
aw
a
y
f
r
om this pl
ace
.
St
e
v
e
ns
wa
nts him d
ea
d
.
”

B
ut Co
r
d
a
t the
mom
e
nt,
wa
t
c
h
e
d
a
s the
d
e
pu
t
y
s
h
er
i
f
f
b
a
rre
l
e
d do
w
n the
n
arr
ow
r
o
a
d l
ea
ding
into the
p
ar
k.

Co
r
d did his b
e
st to k
ee
p his
a
n
g
e
r
fr
om simm
er
i
n
g
ov
e
r
a
nd losi
n
g
c
ont
r
ol
of
his
e
motions.
“D
o
y
ou
h
a
ve
a
n
y
i
d
e
a
w
h
a
t h
e’
ll do to h
er
,
E
th
a
n?
Rob
b
y
is one
m
ea
n son of
a
bit
c
h. I
told th
e
m th
a
t
a
f
t
e
r
I
g
o
t out of
the
hospit
a
l.
H
e
m
a
y
w
an
t me
d
e
a
d.
B
ut
h
e’
ll kill
Ke
e
g
a
n just to
g
e
t
b
ac
k
a
t m
e
.
”

A
bout th
a
t time
Co
r
d spott
e
d a
lon
e
, blue
Must
a
n
g sitting
in visitor
p
ar
kin
g
,
a
nd point
e
d out,
“
I
’
ve
s
e
e
n th
a
t
c
a
r
ar
ound to
w
n
a
nd a
c
ouple
of
tim
e
s out on the
C
o
a
st Hi
g
h
w
a
y
.
”

E
th
a
n pull
e
d up b
e
hind the
ca
r
bl
o
c
king
it in so t
h
er
e
w
a
s no
c
h
a
n
c
e
of
St
e
v
e
ns using
the v
e
hi
c
le
f
or
e
s
ca
p
e
.
A
ut
o
m
a
ti
ca
l
l
y
, he
ra
n the
p
l
a
t
e
s.

W
hile
E
th
a
n
wa
s bu
s
y
w
i
th poli
c
e
p
r
o
ce
d
u
re
, Co
r
d
jump
e
d out.
W
ith h
i
s h
ear
t thudding in his
c
h
e
st, he
st
ar
t
e
d
r
u
nning
f
or
t
h
e
sho
re
line
a
long
the
c
li
ff
s.

H
e
kn
e
w
if
Ke
e
g
a
n h
a
d
b
ee
n s
e
nt to look
f
or
a
n
e
n
d
a
ng
ere
d
s
ea
l, th
e
r
e
wa
s
no b
e
tt
e
r pl
ac
e
th
a
n the
blu
f
f
s
a
nd
the
r
o
c
ks to s
e
a
rc
h.

“
Co
r
d, g
e
t b
ac
k
h
ere
,
”
E
t
h
a
n
y
e
ll
e
d
a
s he
wa
it
e
d
f
or
disp
a
t
c
h to
c
ome
b
a
c
k
w
ith the
r
e
g
ist
ra
tion in
f
o
r
m
a
tion.

B
ut Co
r
d h
a
d
a
l
r
ea
d
y
di
s
a
pp
ea
r
e
d
a
r
ound the
b
e
n
d.

W
ith h
e
r
f
i
e
ld
g
l
a
ss
e
s,
K
e
e
g
a
n s
c
a
nn
e
d the
c
o
a
stl
i
ne
fr
om the
d
e
c
k of
the
M
oonlight
M
ile
a
s St
e
v
e
ns stopp
e
d to
ca
t
c
h his b
rea
th on the
r
o
c
k
s.
H
e
slump
e
d do
w
n
a
t
o
ne
point to one
kn
ee
.